Chapter 298: The Mine
Through the village chief's story, Rhodes had a complete understanding of the situation inside the village.
Mages have an extremely sensitive instinct for lurking dangers, and are able to anticipate this much earlier than any other profession.
Ever since this anomalous ore was produced from within the village, it seemed to the village chief that it had been isolated, and only now had the only outsiders arrive.
Vaguely, the village chief sensed the danger that might befall him. Since no one had been here for too long, it was only a simple test for Rod, and the village chief told him everything in the village, hoping to catch Rod's lifeline.
This act of pinning hope on others was undoubtedly a very risky decision, but at this time, the village chief had no other way to solve the danger that might come.
When he learned from Rhodes that the ore produced inside the mine was a revenant crystal related to the necromancer, and then thought of the actions of Silvercliff City, the village chief seemed to foresee an ominous end in his heart.
As for the strength that can be mobilized in the village, the village chief knows very well in his heart that it is completely incomparable to any organized team in Silver Cliff City, and if he wants to solve this matter, he can only rely on Rhodes in front of him.
For a while, the village chief's heart was full of worries, and his thoughts were extremely chaotic.
But unfortunately, Rhodes did not have any idea of solving this matter for the village chief, and Rhodes' attention was completely focused on the things that might exist inside the mine.
"Can you take me to see where the Revenant Crystal was found in the mine?"
Hearing Rod's question, the village chief came back to his senses. Seeing that Rhodes seemed willing to deal with this matter in the village, the village chief nodded hurriedly and said, "Please return to the mine with me." ”
After saying that, the village chief did not stop inside the house, nor did he directly open the door and walked towards the outside of the house.
Seeing this move of the village chief, Rod immediately took Rowling and followed the village chief in the rear. While walking, with a leather coat to keep warm, Rowling's condition has become much better, and the temperature on her hands is not so cold.
Soon, the trio re-entered the mine and continued to walk deeper into the mine. Under the leadership of the village chief, the surrounding members did not stop Rhodes.
Since they had only entered the mine and were discovered by the villagers inside the mine, Rhodes didn't pay much attention to them, but this time, under Rhodes' careful observation, he discovered the differences between these villagers.
Rhodes noticed that most of the villagers did not have any objects to dig into the mountain, and that they were just sitting inside the mine, seemingly just talking.
At the same time, loud shouts came from the depths of the mine, and in contrast to the extremely fierce whipping. By noticing this, Rhodes had a general understanding of how the mine worked.
Under the leadership of the village chief, Rhodes and his party soon came to the depths of the mine, and at this time, in Rhodes' perception, subtle death energy began to appear around them.
This death energy is extremely weak, if it weren't for Rhodes learning about the situation from the village chief in advance, knowing that there is a revenant crystal inside the mine, maybe he would have ignored this death energy.
As he progressed, Rhodes also saw a scene deep into the mine, with a human with a long whip standing in the middle, and a group of smaller humanoids around the mountain wall, digging and transporting rocks outward.
The skin of this group of humanoid creatures, illuminated by the firelight, took on a special dark green color, and Rhodes knew that this group of creatures should belong to the orcs in the territory of Krulord.
Compared to the intact clothes worn by the humans in the middle, the group of orcs only partially covered their torn clothes, and as soon as the orcs tried to rest and slowed down the mining movement in their hands, the humans behind would immediately whip their hands up.
Judging from the blood stains left on the backs of this group of orcs, whether it was the dark blood stains on the ground or the blood stains that had coagulated behind them, it all showed that the actions of the human in the rear were not just pretending to scare them.
For the orcs living in Krulord, in order to be able to live in this land, even if they are only low-level creatures, their vitality exceeds that of humans of the same level by much, and the injuries left by this whip blow will not affect their mining ability, but will only cause them extreme physical pain.
In addition to their vitality, compared to humans, half-orcs are inferior in other attributes, especially in terms of intelligence.
Rhodes noticed that in front of the cliff, the half-orc who had been whipped before seemed to be extremely angry, but instead of trying to trouble the human behind him, he directly fought with a half-orc with a lot of whip marks on the side.
Because of the advantage of being the first to strike, at this moment, this half-orc tore a large piece of flesh from the wound on the other half-orc.
Upon getting the flesh, the orc immediately stopped fighting, and instead put the flesh in his mouth and began to chew it, and then swallowed it directly, not afraid of choking on his throat.
But at the cost, the orc's back was once again covered with a bloodstain. The humans in the rear shouted at the orc in a language that Rhodes didn't understand.
After getting the flesh, the orc was satisfied, and he ignored the orc who was attacked by him, picked up the tool he had thrown aside, and continued to dig the mine wall in front of him.
Orcs have a strong ability to recover, and if they have enough food, this kind of injury is nothing, but in this environment, as creatures enslaved by this village, they can't get enough food.
While the two orcs were fighting, Rhodes noticed that the other orcs around him did not move at all, but only numbly dug through the mine wall in front of them, as if everything that happened around him had nothing to do with him.
Compared to the previous orc, the injuries on the backs of these orcs were much less, and even the clothes on the back of several were still intact, but only a single one.
The creatures of Krolod have an excellent tolerance for the cold, they do not complain about the temperature of the environment, but have endured it since ancient times.
What caught Rhodes' attention was that these orcs had completely lost their wildness, and under the command of the humans behind them, they would only mechanically dig through the mine walls in front of them.
Compared to this, the whipped orc seems to be a little different, still a little wild, but that's all, and in the long process of servitude, it also has to learn to obey.